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Mar 13th, 2012 by admin
Fashion retailer Yoox, who have become known for their 30 stores for luxury brands, have presented Shoescribe today, a new kind of online shoe store which shows what a desirable shoe offering for women could look like. Continue Reading »
Mar 9th, 2012 by admin
This week the worlds most important information technology fair takes place, the 27th issue of the CeBIT. And after a break of some years I was there again. Since I live in Hannover, where the whole thing takes place, it was natural for many years to go there and look for the newest trends, gadgets, programs and computers. So I went there every year in excitement. Continue Reading »
Mar 6th, 2012 by admin
Almost nine months after their first announcement, Demandware seem to pursue their IPO again and have fixed the price range for their shares at $12.50 - $14.50. With this, Demandware wants to raise up to $80 million: Continue Reading »
Mar 3rd, 2012 by admin
A few bits of exciting e-commerce news from the last days: Groupon dilutes its business model with their Groupon Deals marketplace in Germany: Groupon has acquired Hyperpublic, a startup which builds databases of local information: Continue Reading »
Mar 2nd, 2012 by admin
Today I want to write about a phenomenon that accompanies us all - time tracking. It is a fundamental issue in all project, be it ecommerce or what ever. Time tracking is nearly always the base to write a bill after something is done, or to know when the bill is too big. But even with this fundamental meaning in nearly all projects I have seen so far, something with time tracking goes completely wrong. Why is this? Continue Reading »
Mar 1st, 2012 by admin
The U.S. market research company Forrester just released it's newest market forecast for the retail market. The future seems to look bright for retailers: The forecast says, that companies in the U.S. will make $327 billion in 2016. Compared to the 2010's $177 billion that nearly the double. Continue Reading »
Feb 29th, 2012 by admin
At the moment, Seedmatch is Germany's most important online startup - a startup the founders in Germany had to wait for for a long time. Essentially, what we have expected from Smava and other social lending platforms four or five years ago, is now something that Seedmatch makes possible these days: Widely spread financing of exciting companies/projects with small amounts of money. Continue Reading »
Feb 27th, 2012 by admin
Social shopping may often be declared as dead, but there are still good examples of user driven e-commerce models that work. The key is a wholehearted and consistent strategy be it Etsy, who is continuing to grow dramatically (Etsy Raises Merchant Revenues to $538 Million in 2011 (+71%)) or Ravelry, a not so atypical project aimed at the female market. Ravelry is flourishing and prospering, despite (or perhaps due to) the lack of focus on profit optimization. Continue Reading »
Feb 27th, 2012 by admin
QCV has not only published its business figures for 2011 (+7% in Germany), but has also announced the acquisition of Send The Trend (via): "This week QVC acquired Send The Trend, a startup eCommerce company based in New York City that provides customers with an innovative way to shop for personalized fashion accessories and beauty. Continue Reading »
Feb 23rd, 2012 by admin
More than ever, cloning is paying off for German entrepreneurs and their investors. But what would the German clone culture be without the US startups who have the cash and the willingness to shop around in Germany? Continue Reading »